When a 35-year old patient was admitted to the Tokuda Hospital for tonsillitis treatment, he and his doctors were surprised to discover the man also had a neoplasm in the rib. A neoplasm is an abnormal mass of tissue, or tumour, in the body. In this case, the neoplasm was benign but
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We recently helped a pet food manufacturer modernise their manufacturing facility by introducing additive manufactured parts to their production line. Our customer, a European pet food manufacturer, was interested in 3D printing as a way to manufacture parts for their machines in-house. Their equipment was fitted with legacy parts that
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3D Printing Aircraft Tools with UltiMaker and the Royal Netherlands Air Force The Royal Netherlands Air Force operates a fleet of military aircraft which they are tasked with maintaining to operational standards. From Chinooks and Apaches to NH90s and F16s, their fleet is incredibly diverse and the military base in
Missed part 1? Read here: How To Prepare Your Designs For 3D Printing – Part 1: FFF Stereolithography (SLA) is a completely different technology to FFF. They both print layer by layer, but that’s about where the similarities end. FFF melts material and then extrudes it through a small nozzle
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When it comes to 3D printing, you can either design the part you want to print in CAD software (see our guide on designing parts for 3D printing), or you can search online libraries such as Thingiverse and download the files directly. Load the file into your slicing software and
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Riegler is a medium-sized company specialising in the manufacture of components for the pharmaceutical, diagnostics, and cosmetics industries. They manufacture a large number of complex, custom system components. Parts are produced in production runs of several million, and Riegler use CAD to transform initial customer ideas into moulds. For highly complex
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Applications for this vacancy have now closed. Above: Josh Best, Applications Engineer at GoPrint3D, explaining how the Markforged 3D printer works to a potential customer. What can GoPrint3D offer you? This is your chance to join the growing team at GoPrint3D, part of Express Group Ltd, the family business specialising
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Seven fourth-year students from University of Warwick have worked together to prototype reusable moulds for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) body. By using additive-manufacturing techniques in aerospace innovation, they hope to create a drone capable of flying humanitarian missions where traditional road access is limited. Another application is mountain rescue.
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Theo Ford is an award-winning London-based industrial designer. He uses the Mayku FormBox to make short run prototypes of products like custom furniture. His small model making setup makes use of injection moulding with the FormBox and 3D printing to prototype products. With these modern manufacturing techniques, he helps his
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Confectionery is the art of making confections. Whether this is performed by hand or machine, the principle is the same. A high-quality product is always the desired outcome and automated production lines spit out a consistent quality. It’s a case of setting up the machine, pressing go and letting the batch run. We
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